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Translating Research into Practice in Engineering Education
Explore how evidence-based strategies, critical conversations, and reflective tools can elevate your teaching and research.
🎙 Bi-Weekly Podcasts: Conversations on what works and why in engineering education. Join experts and practitioners discussing the art, science, and context of effective teaching and faculty development.
📝 Informative Blog Posts: Make research digestible. Dive into posts that translate complex studies and methodologies into practical takeaways for the classroom and beyond.
🛠 Curated Resources: Tools that support your growth. Explore templates, guides, and frameworks to help you apply research to your own teaching, mentoring, and scholarship.
🌍 Content available in English and Spanish to support a global community of educators and scholars.
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Translating Research into Practice in Engineering Education
Podcast Overview
This podcast explores how research can directly inform the way we teach, mentor, and lead in engineering education. Each episode features expert insights, practical strategies, and real stories from classrooms, labs, and academic leadership.
Who It’s For
Whether you’re an educator, researcher, student, or academic leader, this podcast is for those who want to bridge the gap between evidence and impact in STEM teaching.
Format
📅 Monthly episodes
🌍 Available in English and Spanish
🎧 Focused on research methods, research-informed teaching practices, faculty development, and educational innovation
🎙 EPISODE 004
Mental Health Barriers in Engineering & Inclusive learning
with Sarah Wilson, Ph.D.
🎙 EPISODE 003
Rompiendo Fronteras en la Educación y Investigación Científica Bilingüe
with Ana María Porras, Ph.D.
🎙 EPISODE 002
Breaking Boundaries in Bilingual Science Education and Research
with Ana María Porras, Ph.D.
🎙 EPISODE 001
Hello World!
with Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, PhD.
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A Professor’s Journey from Practice to Purpose
My journey in engineering education began with a simple but powerful question: How can I use evidence to make teaching more effective and meaningful? As a contingent faculty member navigating complex academic systems, I began collecting strategies, resources, and insights that helped me strengthen my teaching, deepen my research, and connect with others doing the same.
Now, as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and affiliated faculty with the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Florida, my work centers on building research-informed systems that support faculty growth, instructional effectiveness, and institutional change.
I am a chemical engineering professor continually evolving in my roles as an educator, researcher, and communicator. This website and podcast are spaces where I share what I’ve learned—and what I’m still figuring out—as part of a broader commitment to making research actionable and relevant.
Through technical content, practical tools, and reflections on academic life, I aim to support both students preparing for future careers and faculty navigating the realities of higher education. Click below to explore resources designed to help you turn insight into impact.
Speaking Engagements
We learn better from engaging with other stories and perspectives. A big part of my service has been facilitating professional development for faculty, students, staff, and industry folks. This service comes from watching my mom doing the same when she was a middle school teacher. My current speaking engagements topics include scholarship of teaching and learning, teaching practices with teams, diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering.
Scientists study the world as it is; Engineers create the world that has never been.
Theodore von Karman, Mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist
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